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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 EXCELLENT GENES

Interested teams can now place orders for the track-ready Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 which carries a €397,460 price tag, including 19% VAT (€334,000 without VAT). Mercedes also announced that it will put in place a motorsport customer unit for SLS AMG GT3 customers with HWA AG.

Mercedes worked closely with HWA during the development of the race car and HWA also runs the AMG-Mercedes DTM racing outfit.

In stock the engine in the SLS AMG produces 571hp and 650Nm of torque. Delivery of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 will take place in February 2011.

Mercedes-Benz has begun taking orders for the GT3 racing version of its SLS AMG Gullwing sports car - at the equivalent of R3.2-million each! The SLS AMG GT3 has been designed as a customer sports car for sprint and endurance races.

The car's competition debut - as part of the test programme - will be in the VLN race at the legendary Nurburgring at the end of September.

"This is an exciting and spectacular sports car for dedicated private teams and talented private drivers."

The GT3 takes the Gullwing design to the next level with a new front apron with a splitter, a central air vent in the bonnet, wider front and rear wings, side wheel-arch air vents, side skirts with cooling ducts for the rear brakes, a smooth underbody with a rear diffuser and an adjustable rear aerofoil.

The FIA will determine the maximum allowable output of the dry-sump AMG 6.3-litre V8 and the car's minimum weight on the "Balance of Performance" principle, so that all GT3 racing cars are as evenly matched as possibleThe GT3 has a sequential six-speed racing transmission with paddle shift, a multi-disc locking differential and traction control.

The engine and transmission are a connected by a carbon-fibre drive-shaft running at engine speed inside a torque tube.

The steel roll cage protects the driver and adds extra stiffening to the car's aluminium spaceframe. The 120-litre, carbon-fibre safety fuel tank with inner bladder is mounted above the rear axle and the car has a built-in fire-extinguisher system.